**Virus Warning** RPC DCOM Worm, aka MSBlaster - 08/12/03 07:06 AM
I thought I'd warn everyone about this nasty virus that's hitting the net hard right now. This virus is so bad, it's taking out servers and computers right and left. I work in tech support, and thanks to this thing, we had a lot more calls yesterday than normal.
This virus doesn't affect all windows systems, but it seems to affect a fair amount. It will cause a computer to restart after giving a warning about the reboot. Information on the virus can be found at http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?date=2003-08-11 .
If you're using Windows XP/2000/NT, I strongly recommend running the July Critical Update from Microsoft. This fixed the issue that this worm exploits. If you have a firewall/router, you won't have to worry about it unless you have ports 135-139 open for some reason, but you should probably run the update all the same.
The patch can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/?url=/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-026.asp .
This virus doesn't affect all windows systems, but it seems to affect a fair amount. It will cause a computer to restart after giving a warning about the reboot. Information on the virus can be found at http:/
If you're using Windows XP/2000/NT, I strongly recommend running the July Critical Update from Microsoft. This fixed the issue that this worm exploits. If you have a firewall/router, you won't have to worry about it unless you have ports 135-139 open for some reason, but you should probably run the update all the same.
The patch can be found at http:/
